HR Leaders’ Expectation of When AI and Automation Will Be Sufficiently Advanced to Impact Workforce Planning in Their Organizations

Proof Point

Seven in ten companies surveyed by Harvey Nash believe AI and automation will be sufficiently advanced to impact HR planning by 2025, with one in four already expecting it to be advanced enough in 2018

HR Leaders’ Expectation of When AI and Automation Will Be Sufficiently Advanced to Impact Workforce Planning in Their Organizations

2017 – 2018 (percentage)

Note: Data from 2018 Harvey Nash HR Survey of 820 HR leaders across 32 countries

Proof Point Findings

  • HR Technologies in Near Future – 46% of HR leaders surveyed believe that AI and automation technologies will be sufficiently advanced in less than five years to impact workforce planning
  • Current AI Capabilities – 26% of respondents believe AI and automation technologies are already advanced to help HR planning in 2018, increasing from 17% in 2017
  • Unconvinced Few – 2% of participants does not believe technologies will be advanced enough to impact HR in future in 2018, a decrease from previous year
  • Key Growth Drivers – Include accelerating sophistication of AI softwares, increasing business adoption of AI and automation technologies to improve HR capabilities, and growing demand to leverage technologies to become more competitive

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Business Model and Practices

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Cross-sector

Function

Human Resources

Source

Date Last Updated

March 15, 2019

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